Fasiculus Cuneatus

 

                                      Karl Friedrich Burdach (1822–1826)

 

 

• First described the dorsal columns in detail.

• Named:

  • Fasciculus gracilis

  • Fasciculus cuneatus

• Used the term “cuneatus” because the tract is wedge-shaped (“cuneus” in Latin = wedge).

   

                                                            Cuneatus = Wedge 

  
   
   
   
   
   
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